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==Background==

==Background==

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Young was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, to Cammie Mae Gulledge and William Earl Young, Sr., originally from the [[rural]] community of Start in neighboring Richland Parish. He attended the former Gulf Coast Military Academy in [[Gulfport]], [[Mississippi]], east of [[New Orleans]]. He was the [[football]] quarterback at Gulf Coast under then Coach Carl Maddox, later the athletics director at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville. Young left the military school and graduated instead from Neville High School in Monroe, at which he played football and [[baseball]] and was the captain of the last [[boxing]] team offered there.<ref name=mns/> He was also a cheerleader and a [[tenor]] in the Neville glee club. Young first attended on a boxing scholarship the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, but he transferred thereafter to the University of Louisiana at Monroe.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20100411&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100400145&Selected=1|title=Aubrey W. Young|publisher=''Monroe News Star,'' April 11, 2010|accessdate=April 13, 2010}}</ref>​

Young was born in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]] in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana, to Cammie Mae Gulledge and William Earl Young, Sr., originally from the [[rural]] community of Start in neighboring Richland Parish. He attended the former Gulf Coast Military Academy in [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]], [[Mississippi]], east of [[New Orleans]]. He was the [[football]] quarterback at Gulf Coast under then Coach Carl Maddox, later the athletics director at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville. Young left the military school and graduated instead from Neville High School in Monroe, at which he played football and [[baseball]] and was the captain of the last [[boxing]] team offered there.<ref name=mns/> He was also a cheerleader and a tenor in the Neville glee club. Young first attended on a boxing scholarship the University of Louisiana at [[Lafayette]], then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, but he transferred thereafter to the University of Louisiana at Monroe.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/dclassifieds?Dato=20100411&Kategori=OBITUARY&Class=30&Type=CAT30200&Lopenr=100400145&Selected=1|title=Aubrey W. Young|publisher=''Monroe News Star,'' April 11, 2010|accessdate=April 13, 2010}}</ref>​

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In 1942, he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and joined the 17th Airborne Division, 513th Parachute Regiment. He earned his paratrooper wings after completing training at Fort Benning, [[Georgia]]. He fought with his battalion in the European Theater of [[World War II]] and was active in the [[Battle of the Bulge]], the [[Rhine River]] Jump in [[Germany]], and the battle of [[Luxembourg]] at the Our River.<ref name=mns/> He received the [[Bronze Star]], the Army Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Air Medal. His military service provided lifelong commitments to the [[American Legion]], [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], and the [[Disabled American Veterans]].<ref name=obit/>​

In 1942, he enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and joined the 17th Airborne Division, 513th Parachute Regiment. He earned his paratrooper wings after completing training at Fort Benning, [[Georgia]]. He fought with his battalion in the European Theater of [[World War II]] and was active in the [[Battle of the Bulge]], the [[Rhine River]] Jump in [[Germany]], and the battle of [[Luxembourg]] at the Our River.<ref name=mns/> He received the [[Bronze Star]], the Army Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Air Medal. His military service provided lifelong commitments to the [[American Legion]], [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], and the [[Disabled American Veterans]].<ref name=obit/>​

Young often cited the [[Bible]] verse: "No height, no depth, nor any creature can separate me from the love of [[God]] through [[Christ Jesus]]" ([[Book of Romans|Romans]] 8:39).<ref name=obit/>​

Young often cited the [[Bible]] verse: "No height, no depth, nor any creature can separate me from the love of [[God]] through [[Christ Jesus]]" ([[Book of Romans|Romans]] 8:39).<ref name=obit/>​

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